Thornwald Home is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1989-09-01. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (717) 249-4118 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Thornwald Home holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 71.4/100, placing it #7630 of 14703 facilities nationally and #309 of 657 in Pennsylvania. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Thornwald Home receives a reported average of 4 hours 8 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 54 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 51 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 23 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 45 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 34.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $9,110. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $9,110, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 37.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Thornwald Home ranks 7630th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 71.4/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within PA, it ranks 309th out of 657 nursing homes. In Carlisle, it ranks 4th out of 8 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 4th of 8. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #4,057 nationally and RN hours rank #2,647 nationally (#159 in PA). Our composite quality score of 71.4/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Carlisle, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/pennsylvania/carlisle/